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Our Services

Here at Maybern we pride ourselves upon being a small, friendly and successful planning consultancy. We provide a wide range of services across the planning and development field to a range developers and landowners, with the key aim being to give the best advice regarding developable prospects. It is in our best interests to provide our clients with a seamless service which is tailored to their needs. This can be seen as per our core values listed below.

Core values of the company include:

  • Honest and integral advice
  • Achieving betterment
  • Thorough research and analysis

With expertise nurtured from longstanding experience within the planning and development field, consultants at Maybern offer a streamlined route through the intricacies of the planning system. Based out of Rossendale we are capable of providing planning advice and support across the North West, including within Local Authorities such as: Rossendale, Preston, Wyre, South Ribble and Ribble Valley, as well as all local authorities throughout Greater Manchester.

If you have any queries or questions about achieving planning permission or reviewing development potential please do not hesitate to contact us.

  • Preparation and Management of Planning Applications

    Maybern can prepare and submit various types of application, including outline, full and reserved matters, as well as permission in principle, changes of use, listed building consent, lawful development certificates and discharge/variation of conditions. We often act as the principal consultant, liaising with technical consultants to coordinate the necessary team of experts. As part of the principal consultant role or as a standalone instruction, we can prepare planning statements, retail statements (with or without sequential site assessments), and other supporting statements to assess how a proposal complies with local and national planning policy/guidance.

  • Planning Appraisals & Pre-Application Advice

    We can provide an assessment of the planning merits of a site for your desired development, assessing the level of risk and advising on the best planning strategy. It is often our recommendation to engage with the relevant Authority at an early stage. We can assist with these discussions, be it formal or informal engagement with the relevant planning authority and/or stakeholders.

  • Strategic and Development Plan Promotion

    We can assist with both monitoring of and engagement with the development plan process, ensuring that landowners, developers or other interested parties promote their assets or interests through emerging local plans in thorough and detailed representations. We are able to both prepare written submissions as well as appear at Examinations In Public (EIPs).

  • Planning Appeals

    Where an application for planning or listed building consent has been refused, Maybern can advise on the relevant appeal process, form an appropriate strategy and act on behalf of clients in lodging the appeal with the Planning Inspectorate. Our team has experience in dealing with planning appeals by written representation, at hearings and at public inquiries.

  • Community Involvement

    It is often the case with developments which are large scale or where there are numerous sensitive technical issues, that we recommend engagement with the local community and key stakeholders to ensure that key matters can be addressed during the design phase of a development. We can coordinate both pre- and post-submission engagement events, arrange letter-drops to inform consultation exercises, and invite ward councillors and/or other key stakeholders to preview sessions. We can also assist with collating and analysing primary and secondary source data and responses linked to engagement strategies.- - - -

  • Dealing with Enforcement Matters

    Where a development has been carried out either without the relevant planning permission or where there has been a failure to comply with the details or conditions of a planning permission, the relevant Authority may pursue enforcement action. Our team has experience in dealing with enforcement matters and can advise on the appropriate strategy to resolve matters and liaise with the relevant Authority to seek to address the breach. Where a notice has been served and there are grounds for such an appeal, Maybern can manage the preparation and submission of an appeal against the enforcement.